Maths: Blog items
A day with no pens.....but plenty of discussion!
Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:38pm
Tuesday 5th October was No Pen Day. Pens and pencils were removed from tables and we had a whole day of discussion, problem solving and debate. The aim of the day was to improve our communication skills. We started by working in groups to solve mental maths problems, before moving on to talk about the slave trade as part of Black History month. We considered various dilemmas, talked about how to control infection in PSHE and debated the importance of various foods in our History lesson on the Mayan civilisation.
Date: 2nd Oct 2021 @ 11:55am
This week in Maths we have come to an end of our place value unit. During this unit, we investigated Roman numerals which the children found fascinating!
To finish the week off, the children in Year 5 were able to put their new knowledge of Roman numerals to the test by doing a tri-jigsaw. This involved working out what the Roman numerals were in numbers and then putting the tri-jigsaw together on the template. The children engaged in lots of brilliant conversations about the numbers, as well as using their problem-solving skills too!
Date: 28th Sep 2021 @ 8:36pm
This week in maths we have been focusing on learning new mathematical language and exploring its meaning through the use of different stories. We have been thinking about the words more and less and discussing what they mean. To help use understand this in more depth we role played stories using different props.
We read the story 'A Squash and a squeeze' and talked about how more animlas came into the old ladies house which made it feel very squahed. We talked about why the lady felt squashed and that is was because the amount of people was getting bigger. When the old lady took at the animals out we discussed the quantiy was getting smaller because there was less animals. We also read the story 'A Duck in a Truck". We made props to help use retell the story and used the language of more as each animal came to help the duck get out of the mud.
The winners for TTRS this week are...
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 9:13pm
Oak!! It was another crushing defeat Elder!! You've really got to get logged in and do some serious work is you're going to beat Oak!!
The winners for TTRS this week are...
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 9:11pm
Hawthorn! Well done again Hawthorn! A big improvement though this week Rowan. Keep going and let's see if you can beat them next week.
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 9:56am
In Maths this week we have been working really hard to develop our calculation skills. We have been learnining to count mentally in different stages (eg. 2s, 5s, 10s) from any number. Trying to spot patterns to help us with our accuracy and speed. We have also been developing addition and subtraction skills. We first learnt methods before applying our skills to various problems.
Date: 17th Sep 2021 @ 8:11pm
This week in Maths we have been focussing on counting within 10. We have recapped counting accurately using 1-1 correpondance and forming numerals correctly to record our answers. We have also introduced using tens frames to help us represent different amounts. In continous provison we have also completed lots of activities to support number formation and accurate counting.
Date: 17th Sep 2021 @ 4:45pm
To help the children settle in to Nursery, we read the story "Owl Babies". It is a story all about three owls called Sarah, Percy and Bill. One day they wake up and their owl mother has gone! Of course she comes back and has only been hunting! We used the story to resassure chidlren that their grown ups will always come back for them. The chidlren showed that they were good listeners as they were able to recall parts of the story and remembered the characters by the end of the week! We also practiced counting to 3 by putting 3 owls on a branch. There was also great excitment when we found three eggs in our Curiosity Cube! The exciment grew when the eggs started to crack and we found three baby owls in the cube!
Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 4:05pm
In Design Technology, we have been looking at shell structures. We identified that the 3D shapes started out as nets. We spent some time trying to use nets to make our our 3D shapes. It was very tricky but we showed great resilience and perseverance along the way!
The winners for TTRS this week are...
Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 2:38pm
Oak! Well done Oak you smashed it this week. Elder, you need to up the stakes next week and see if you can beat Oak!
The winners for TTRS this week are...
Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 2:31pm
Hawthorn!! Well done Hawthorn, you smashed it this week. Rowan, you need to up the stakes next week and see if you can beat Hawthorn!
You can count on me, like 1, 2, 3...
Date: 15th Sep 2021 @ 8:18pm
Year Two have been working really hard on understanding place value in numbers up to 100. We have been counting on and back within 100 and thinking about how many tens and how many ones make up different 2-digit numbers. We have been using a range of manipulatives, such as bead strings, place value counters, Base 10, Numicon and tens frames, to show different 2-digit numbers.
Date: 11th Sep 2021 @ 8:08am
During our first week in year one we have been grouping and sorting! We have used a number of different objects and talked about what is the same and what is different. We have learnt we can sort by colour, by shape, by type and by size. We have learnt how to log into our own Seesaw account and post pictures of our learning! We have also been exploring our new classroom environment and completing lots of maths challenges in continuous provision.
Date: 10th Sep 2021 @ 2:35pm
In Mathematics we used 'Now Press Play' to recap key inforamtion from Year Two. This session focused on number bonds and we enjoyed going on a pirate adventure to solve riddels to crack a code and earn our riches!
Times Tables Rockstars battles!
Date: 10th Sep 2021 @ 9:51am
Each week, children in Year 5 and 6 will take part in a weekly times tables battle. There will be battles between:
- Year 5 and 6
- Oak and Elder
- Hawthorn and Rowan
Every Thursday we will publish on the class pages which class/year group are the winners. The more you go on TTRS at home the better your class/year group will do. This will also help you all to learn your tables and be able to recall facts quickly. Good luck everyone!
An introduction to spreadsheets
Date: 7th Sep 2021 @ 4:01pm
Today we began our new unit in Computing - Spreadsheets. We discussed what a spreadsheet is and why people use them. We were also introduced at the following key vocabulary that we will be using through the unit:
- Data
- Cell
- Input
- Output
- Format
Our task today was to first have a practise at inputting simple data into cells and then add borders, changing text colour and adding colour to cells. We were then taught how to add add formula to cells in order to add, subtract, multiply and divide inputted numerical data.
Date: 7th Sep 2021 @ 7:48am
Oh! I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside!
Date: 5th Jul 2021 @ 8:42pm
It's Summertime and Reception have been busy learning about the seaside! We have been role playing 'at the beach' and what fun we have all had!
We have made lists of what we need to take to the beach, we have been to the Beach Shop to buy our items, had a picninc on the beach and even stopped for ice-cream and ice- lollies at the ice-cream van!
"You need to wear a sun hat on the beach" Darcey
"We are having a picnic- orange juice, sausages and cakes" Georgia
"My favourite flavour ice-cream is vanilla" Leyton.
"I wear flip flops on the beach" Darcey
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Date: 28th Jun 2021 @ 7:49am
We have been learning all about 3D shapes. Here we were sorting 3D shapes by identifying and counting their faces. We also identified the shapes of the faces and decided the bast way to sort our shapes into groups. We also arranged our shapes in order of the least to most faces.
There's a Whole Lot of Hatching Going On!
Date: 24th Jun 2021 @ 3:25pm
What an exciting week it's been in nursery! We have been closely watching the dinosaur eggs that arrived on Monday and when we came to school on Thursday the baby dinosaurs had hatched out of the eggs! The children have been really engaged with the dinosaurs and have been doing some drawings of the eggs, making up stores together with our toy dinosaurs and even made some dinosaurs out of bricks!
Dinosaurs weren't the only thing to visit us this week! We also had a visit from the ducklings that hatched in the Reception class! The children were fasinated by the ducklings and treated them with great care. What a busy week!
Date: 18th Jun 2021 @ 12:31pm
Holly class have been extremely busy this week searching for treasure using our own treasure maps, reading pirate stories and telling our own pirate narratives using small world figures. We enjoyed dressing up and making our own huge treasure chest and treasure using junk!
'I've drawn a treasure chest so you know where the treasure is!" Lacey.
"X marks the spot on my map." Kian
"You have to go around the tree to find it!" Leyton.
"It's near the sea!" Oscar
Take a look at what we've been up to!
We give our Maths lessons 10 out of 10
Date: 15th Jun 2021 @ 4:48pm
This week in Maths we have been learning to count 10s and adding and subtracting multiples of 10. We had lots of fun completing our own 10s maze, using numicon to count in 10s and completing our own number line. Then we made a tennis ball target game to find totals of 2 multiples of 10.
Date: 11th Jun 2021 @ 8:40pm
This week in Maths we have explored partitioning numbers. We built lots of different numbers using Base 10 and completed sentences together to show the tens and ones, e.g. 49 = 4 tens and 9 ones. Once we understood the concept of tens and ones we worked to represent each number on a part part whole model. We then extended our learning to show these numbers in different representations, using Numicon, number lines, bar models and hundred squares. We worked hard to understand the value of each number in a 2 digit number and that ten ones are equal to one ten.
Date: 10th Jun 2021 @ 9:56pm
This week, Year Two have been investigating the properties of 2-D shapes. We have been comparing 2-D shapes and counting sides and vertices to classify shapes. We had great fun using an interactive geo-board to create a range of 2-D shapes. We made triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons and hexagons. We found out about regular and irregular shapes and we were challenged to make as many different triangles, pentagons and hexagons as we could. We learnt that the same shape can be made in lots of different ways and to classify a 2-D shape we need to count its sides or vertices.
Date: 19th May 2021 @ 5:05pm
It's been all about shapes in Nursery this week! The chidlren have done so well learning the names of some 2D shapes and they have started to use the shapes to make pictures. We have also talked about shapes in the environment and went on a little shape hunt around nursery - it's amazing the amount of shapes we found!
